Establish access to aorta at St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton
1800 N California St, Stockton, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1528190931
$679.14
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,310.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$128.17 with Kaiser vs $6,009.00 with BCBS - Anthem — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $128.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $128.17 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|> 21 | $128.17 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|< 21 | $128.17 | ↓ -81% |
| Health Plan of San Joaquin | Medicaid|All Plans | $160.21 | ↓ -76% |
| HPSJ | Medicaid|> 21 | $160.21 | ↓ -76% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Other Plans | $485.10 | ↓ -29% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|Affiliated Payers | $485.10 | ↓ -29% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|All Plans | $499.04 | ↓ -27% |
| Sutter UMR | Commercial|All Plans | $1,155.00 | ↑ +70% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,386.00 | ↑ +104% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,663.20 | ↑ +145% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,894.20 | ↑ +179% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $1,940.40 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $1,940.40 | ↑ +186% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,055.90 | ↑ +203% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,310.00 | ↑ +240% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,122.00 | ↑ +360% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $4,209.00 | ↑ +520% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,209.00 | ↑ +520% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,209.00 | ↑ +520% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Non-MCS | $4,277.00 | ↑ +530% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $6,009.00 | ↑ +785% |
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Establish access to aorta at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. John's Camarillo Hospital | Camarillo | $505.89 | $157.65 – $900.90 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $538.43 | $128.17 – $1,232.84 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $493.14 | $128.17 – $1,232.84 |
| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $937.89 | $128.17 – $2,249.92 |
| Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital | Santa Rosa | $1,133.22 | $1,716.00 – $15,202.00 |
| Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo | $156.96 | $1,200.00 – $5,357.00 |
| Northridge Hospital Medical Center | Northridge | $711.45 | $128.17 – $2,550.00 |
| Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center | Tarzana | $657.30 | $1,287.00 – $4,776.00 |